Paste in any load offer and get an instant score, a clear take / negotiate / pass verdict, and a smart counter-offer — built on your real cost per mile. Free, no signup.
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Your dispatcher's read on this exact load — in plain English.
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Every owner-operator faces the same question a dozen times a day: should I take this load? A broker throws a rate at you, the clock is ticking, and you have about thirty seconds to decide. Most drivers fall back on rate per mile — but that single number hides more than it shows. The Load Score tool above turns the offer into an honest answer by weighing everything that actually decides whether a load makes you money.
A load that reads $2.40 per mile sounds great until you count the 150 empty miles you will run just to reach the pickup. Those deadhead miles burn fuel and hours but pay nothing, so your real rate per mile drops fast. The same load can also strand you in a weak freight market where your next load runs cheap or empty. Time matters too: a load that ties up your truck for three days at a so-so rate can be worth less than a tighter one you can turn in a day. None of that shows up in the rate per mile — but all of it shows up in your bank account.
Instead of a single number, the Load Score blends five things real dispatchers weigh on every load: your profit margin after all-in costs, your true rate per mile across loaded and deadhead miles, how badly empty miles are dragging the rate, your profit per day, and the strength of the freight market where the load drops you. It rolls those into a score from 0 to 100 and a plain verdict — take it, negotiate, or pass — so you are not doing trucking math in your head at a truck stop.
The most profitable owner-operators rarely accept the first number, and they rarely hang up either. They counter. That is why the tool also gives you a suggested counter-offer: the exact total and rate per mile you should ask for to hit your target margin. Knowing that number before you call the broker back is the difference between hoping a load pays and knowing it does. If you want to sharpen the inputs first, run your numbers through our free cost-per-mile and profit calculators.
This tool is free to use as often as you like — no signup, no catch. But if you would rather drive than screen loads all day, that is exactly what we do. A dedicated Loadboot dispatcher scores loads like this, negotiates the rate, and keeps your truck on freight that actually pays — flat 5%, no contracts. Get started in two minutes or see everything we handle.
Not always. A high rate per mile can still lose you money once you add deadhead miles to the pickup, a weak market on the delivery end, or long detention. The Load Score above weighs all of that against your real cost per mile and gives you a clear answer.
Start with your true cost per mile, then subtract every mile you will drive — loaded and empty — plus the time it ties up your truck. If the load does not clear your costs with a healthy margin, you either negotiate or pass. The tool does this math for you in seconds.
Yes. Empty miles to the pickup burn fuel and hours but earn nothing, so they quietly drag down your real rate per mile. A load that looks like $2.40 a mile can fall under $2.00 once deadhead is counted — which is exactly what the Load Score reveals.
Most healthy owner-operators aim for at least a 20–30% margin over their all-in cost. Set your target in the tool and it will tell you the lowest rate you should accept and suggest a counter-offer to get there.
Yes — that is the whole point of a dispatcher. We screen loads against numbers like these, negotiate the rate, and keep your truck on profitable freight. Flat 5%, no contracts.
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